Lookout Landing

that really sucks, though

and I’d be angrier about the burrito.

And it's the fourth burrito that you've had that week and you don't really want to eat another one but it's the principle of the thing

you live my culinary life sir

Today’s choice was Chipotle or the burrito cart. I went with Chipotle, and was not impressed. Stick to the locals.

Thanks to eating Chipotle you also now have 3-5 fewer years to stick to the locals

I know it

but I had a free burrito coupon. It’s not a mistake I’ll make again.

Given that you lost a few years of your life I would argue that the burrito wasn't free at all

Where were you at 10am when you could have stopped this before it started?

You had a burrito at 10am?

Wow, that would kill my entire day.

Nope, that's just when I was handed the coupon.

Didn’t eat till noon.

It does seem difficult, yes, but greatness doesn't come easily

I might have to try the no-breakfast, 10am burrito and see how that impacts work productivity.

You never know….

Chipotle is a different style

but still good. A wise man once told me that its best to split your burrito into two meals and eat them on separate days.

bluemax - September 19, 2008 reply

I hate that

I don't understand why you'd be mad at getting sour cream.

Sour cream is delicious. Then again, I cannot fathom having four burritos in a week. I think that would equal my entire (non-beer) caloric consumption over a week long period.

Sour cream is horrible for you and completely unnecessary in a proper burrito

It's completely unneccessary period.

Are your burritos rice filled?

It's a burrito?

I have had them both ways.

I have no idea what is a proper burrito.

Proper burrito:

A little bit of rice, a small spoonful of beans, some sort of meat, cheese, hot sauce. No sour cream, no guac, no shredded lettuce, nothin’. And not too much rice or beans. You don’t want it to be doorstop-sized.

Where can you get those? I like those burritos. More like the ones I used to get back in Texas.

All I’ve found since moving to Seattle is the giant SanFran burritos which are disgusting in their enormity.

I don't know about Seattle

but Fuego carts in Portland are great – you can get the huge ones if you want, but for $2 less you get one that’s sized for a normal person.

La Vaca in the Market used to make a smallish one, but the last time I was there and got one it had been bloatsized so I’m not sure about them any more….

A burrito with enough rice/beans/meat/whatever in the middle that you don't need a few heapings of pure white love handle

That about sums it up

tortilla+rice+beans+meat+hot sauce. That’s it. Anything else, and you might as well go to Azteca.

I need BrianL's input before I believe you people.

I thought BrianL was a Chinaman

The Chinaman is NOT the ISSUE here

It’s about drawing a line in the sand! A burrito does NOT need sour cream.

Who's arguing otherwise?

Okay

I have to play devil’s advocate here. I LOVE sour cream. My mom grew up eating Mexican food in the ’burbs of LA and I grew up in Boise where there existing many authentic Mexican places (i.e. NOT tex-mex, azteca etc.) due to the farming community in southern Idaho. So I feel like I have some amount of knowledge of good Mexican food.

I assert that one can have a Burrito of reasonable size which includes sour cream and guacamole. Is it required for a good burrito? Of course not, it’s up to personal preference. But they do add something. I will not deny that sour cream is bad for you, but man is it tasty.

appleshampoo - September 19, 2008 reply

I will fight no more forever

All members of the burrito tribe are beautiful creatures. I love the cream-less burrito, but I respect and value its cousins that come laden with guacamole. I even understand where the ones with shredded lettuce are coming from, and think their perspectives can be illuminating.

I know which I prefer, of course, but I want to extend the napkin of understanding to you, Matthew, and all others who care about the noble burrito.

I accept your napkin of understanding.

appleshampoo - September 19, 2008 reply

A proper burrito is, in fact, meat and beans and salsa.

Do you want to go that proper?

Woo burrito thread!

I’m so excited. Next Friday I’ll be back in SD for the first time in over a year. My favorite is the California burrito at El Cotixan. Warm, soft flour tortilla, lots of carne asada, fried potatoes, salsa fresca, and cheese. Grab that in one hand, and the bottle weirdly orange hot sauce in the other.

I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

In closing, rice-filled burritos are terrible and I miss San Diego mexican food.

Eyebrows - September 19, 2008 reply

This is exactly right.

Sour cream is pure deliciousness but crema is even better.

This is how I feel.

I don’t dislike sour cream. It’s just that I can never, ever justify it. It adds approximately nothing.

Teej - September 19, 2008 reply

The burrito I had this morning was fat, plain and boring

Robert - September 19, 2008 reply

You went back to your ex?

Snap

Yes Brett

Robert - September 19, 2008 reply

lol @ intellegent thought through the PI msg boards

well played, sir

Boydo - September 19, 2008 reply

For future reference

we would like people to avoid using “lol” and other chat/text speak around here. Thanks.

Graham MacAree - September 19, 2008 reply

This means we will ban you next time you do it

More lefties in the lineup means Felix will throw more changeups, right?

…right?

Dewey N - September 19, 2008 reply

[slow fastballs]

If this becomes a meme, I want nothing to do with it.

Faux - September 19, 2008 reply

[curved fastballs]

JI - September 20, 2008 reply

A bunch of lefties mean felix is going to get raped into next Thursday

he hasn’t been able to get them out since he was 19.

"been able to"?

or “used the effective skills he has which should lead to”?

Schaefer - September 19, 2008 reply

potato, potahto

Gahh!! Ratebeer.com is listed as an attack site!

And Google Chrome says this page contains elements of ratebeer.com and that I must verify that I have been warned before continuing onto the page. Google Chrome is such a whiny little bitch. Did anybody get something similar when clicking to the comments on FF3 or IE?

Double06 - September 19, 2008 reply

I've never had a problem with FF3

I think acblue blurted out "oh no ratebeer is an attack site" a couple days ago.

Not sure what browser he uses.

dpseadv - September 19, 2008 reply

Yeah but I've never had at attack site warning for LL until now.

I care much less for ratebeer.

Double06 - September 19, 2008 reply

Don't use Chrome.

Or figure out why Ratebeer is being listed as an attack site because that’s pissing me off.

Aaron Campeau - September 20, 2008 reply

But it's so smooth and pretty.

When 1.0 is out and I don’t have to use the beta, I’m never going back to FF. FF is definitely a more finished product, obviously, but the complaints I have of Chrome will certainly be gone soon.

Double06 - September 19, 2008 reply

Someone hacked the site; it's fine now.

This is correct and awesome.

Teej - September 20, 2008 reply

Because Ratebeer wasn't around to tell me which glass to use, I spent the past week drinking beer out of a paper funnel.

Aaron Campeau - September 20, 2008 reply

BEER, BEER,

MY NAME IS MARINERS FAN. ME LIKE BEER. I DON’T CARE IF I DIE IN A CAR CRASH DUE TO CONSUMING ALCOHOL. SINCE I’M A MARINERS FAN ME GET TO DRINK BEER.

Dewey N - September 20, 2008 reply

I'm pretty sure he was having a slight heart attack about the fact that he couldn't access it,is all.

I had the same problem yesterday.

FF3 did not want me to go to RateBeer.com

Teej - September 19, 2008 reply

Message from Google:

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 813 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 14 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 09/18/2008, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 09/15/2008.

Malicious software includes 49 scripting exploit(s), 2 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 14 new processes on the target machine.

Teej - September 19, 2008 reply

Usually this is iframes and javascripts in the ads.

If you use adblock it usually gets those. That, and although I’m sure the webmaster’s already been told, I recommend emailing and telling him it’s still up. Most webmasters don’t like their site being listed as harmful.

Faux - September 19, 2008 reply

Ok, I tested it and FF3, for me, does think it's an attack site.